"You all retreat first... I'm tired... Let's talk about today..." Li Chongsheng waved his hand and asked the ministers and princes to retreat.

"Father..." King Li Zhen of Wei stepped out and bowed to the emperor, with an earnest look in his eyes...

"You retreat too!" Li Chongsheng interrupted him.

"Crown Prince...you stay!" When everyone had left the hall, the emperor called back Li Ren, who had already walked to the door of the hall...

Li Chongsheng ordered the prince to return to his position and sit down. His sharp eyes stared at him again and asked:

"Crown Prince, you are the crown prince. The future of the country will be handed over to you. Let me tell you what King Jin said today..."

Li Ren hurriedly stood up and replied:

"Father, my son also feels that what my eighth brother said today is very reasonable. The father can ask Qiu Mingli to take charge of the reform first, and ask him to do it first, such as land, households, population, measurement, bookkeeping...all matters... let him first..."

Li Chongsheng interrupted:

"You mean, this reform is a big matter, that Qiu Mingli, a small minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came to the general leader?... Ren'er... You heard it today. Whenever you mentioned the reform, everyone disagrees with it from the bottom of their hearts!... Even Prime Minister Changsun, who has always been accused of it on weekdays, openly opposes it. As for the "Yuan Yulou" you recommended, it is even more unfair. Before the matter started, it is said that it is difficult. If it is not difficult, I would like to ask him, the Minister of Revenue, to do it!"

Li Ren knelt down in a hurry and said in panic:

"My son recommends the missing person, please ask the father to punish him!"

Li Chongsheng looked at Li Ren coldly and said warmly:

"Get up, there are no outsiders here, just father and son, I want to hear... What do you think of this reform?..."

Li Ren stood up but did not dare to sit down. He thought for a long time and said timidly:

"My son thinks, if this reform can really increase taxes and enrich the national treasury, it is certainly good, but... but it is not appropriate to be overly concerned at the moment. After all, from the past dynasty to our Daqian, people have been practicing taxes based on people. Whether from the government or the people, they are familiar with each other, and they are all at peace... Now they suddenly change to taxes based on land, which is a good thing for civilians without land or with little land. But for those big households with land and a large number of land... what would they think? What if the people are inciting and causing trouble everywhere, they will cause trouble and the country's system will be shaken...My son...My son...My son is deeply worried!"

Li Chongsheng snorted coldly and said:

"So, you want to let the general Qiuminglily take charge of the reform position. You feel... If the reform is done, you will also have a contribution. If the reform fails, it is true that when the world is turbulent and the national body is shocked, you will use Qiumingli's head to block it, right?!..."

Li Ren quickly bent his legs, crawled down and said in a trembling voice:

"Son-member...I don't mean this...I just think...The eighth brother's words seem to be just a little bit reasonable... Please forgive me for your sin!"

A light like lightning flashed towards Li Ren in Li Chongsheng's eyes, which made Li Ren lower his head quickly, and only the emperor's voice came like a high cliff cover:

"I'm still talking about your eighth brother!... The King of Jin said this, I don't blame him. You are the crown prince and the crown prince! You don't think about the people everywhere, you always worry about your family and country, and you only focus on your own small calculations. You can't do big things well, and you do a lot of small things!... On weekdays, you know that you can stuff people into various ministries and churches. What kind of stuff are you stuffed? The officials of the six ministries must be all villains like Yuan Yulou. If you don't have to wait for the reform, my Daqian's national system will be over!"

Li Ren was so scared that he was covered in cold sweat on his back, and his speech was vague:

"Son minister...son minister knows the crime!"

...

After a while, Li Chongsheng sighed again, as if he was tired, and waved his hand and asked the prince to get up.

Li Ren didn't know if he didn't dare to get up or was so scared that his legs were weak, but he still crawled on the ground. Seeing this, Gao Liang, who was next to him, hurried to help Li Ren up...

Li Chongsheng said:

"If I remember it well, then Qiu Mingli was also a guest of the prince twenty years ago, so he would be half of your teacher..."

Li Ren said: "That's right!"

Li Chongsheng said: "I remember that at that time, Yi'er and Zhen'er were still young, and they were also studying in the Eastern Palace with you?"

Li Ren nodded and said, "Yes..."

Li Chongsheng's eyes turned soft and he said slowly:

"More than two months ago, I sent Qiu Mingli to the imperial prison. The people in the Qingyi Guard misinterpreted my intentions and even made him disabled... If your fourth brother hadn't entered the palace to give advice in time, I would have almost made a big mistake. Later historians were as sharp as iron, but I would have said that I had killed the loyal and good people..."

Li Ren bowed and said, "Father Emperor has been an emperor for all ages and a wise king for all generations. He created a peaceful and prosperous era for seventy years, and pushed my Dakan national strength to the extreme. Even if one or two slanderous ministers and historians in later generations, how could he falsely accused the father Emperor of his benevolent king for all ages?!"

Li Chongsheng couldn't help but sigh:

"A slander?... In your eyes, your teacher is actually a slander! In your fourth brother's eyes, he is only half of the teacher who accompanied him, but a big loyal minister!... I tell you that now, I need a loyal minister like Qiu Mingli who dares to speak out in a straightforward way!... I see you, in your spare time, go to your Mr. Qiu and let him tell you more about what is the true way of sages and the way of being a king..."

Li Ren hurriedly replied: "I know, I will go to Mr. Qiu's place often in the future and listen to his teachings!"

Li Chongsheng said: "As for that... Yuan Yulou, I originally wanted to demote him to become a Sima of the eighth rank... Forget it, I will let him be a fourth rank official in the face of you. This position as the Minister of Revenue... will be handed over to your Mr. Qiu..."

Li Ren bowed and bowed and said, "Mr. Dai Qiu, I thank my father for his priest! My son's recommendation was lost and he was frightened and asked his father to surrender!"

"Crown Prince...you must remember! In the future, even if you have fortified people, you will have to hold a few capable people..." Li Chongsheng said last, then waved his hand to let the prince retreat...

Seeing the prince Li Ren's fear and treacherous appearance of leaving the hall, Li Chongsheng kept shaking his head. At this time, a sleepy feeling came. He was really tired, so he lay down with his clothes. The Gao Liangshi next to him quickly jogged forward, took a silk brocade mattress with slight hands and feet, let the emperor lean on it comfortably, and then slowly took off the emperor's boots...

"Well! Can my son be a good emperor in the future?" Li Chongsheng sighed secretly, slowly closed his eyes, and Gu Zi fell asleep on the imperial couch...

Outside the hall, Li Ren, with annoyed expression on his face, walked in the noon sunshine of Daming Palace. The warm winter sunshine could not dispel the haze in Li Ren's heart. As he walked, he secretly hated in his heart: "Good you, Qiu Mingli! Good you, fourth brother! When? You two got together?!"

...

Three hours later, at the You hour, Liquanfang, Chang'an City, and Xu Mansion.

After Xu Wubing passed away, he invited Qiu Mingli to his house as a guest, and Qiu Mingli happily agreed.

When he arrived at Xu's mansion, Qiu Mingli saw that Xu Wubing's mansion was so luxurious, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Wubing, your mansion is more than twice as wide as my thatched cottage!"

After being sick, Qiu Mingli came in, the housekeeper Dong Laifu came up to support him diligently. Along the way, "Master, Master Xu..." kept saying "Master, Master Xu...". The Xu Mansion had so many servants and maids that he saw Qiu Mingli's eyes so beautiful that he couldn't help but say to himself: "Looking at the situation in this mansion, it's more than twice as much."

Xu Wubing led Qiu Mingli to the back garden, and several people sat in the Wenyu Pavilion next to the rockery pond. Wubing introduced Hu Yiyi and Shu Hentian to Qiu Mingli. When he talked about Hu Yiyi, he called him "sister". When he said Shu Hentian, he said the title of "Brother of Book Fairy".

Dong Laifu, the butler of Xu's mansion, was very capable. He greeted a few maids and served dishes like flowing water. A small pavilion was filled with all kinds of delicacies and some dishes. Qiu Mingli had never seen them before...

Qiu Mingli couldn't help but be surprised. He looked at the two people sitting beside him, one as beautiful as a fairy and the other as ugly as a dwarf, and he asked:

"Without illness, where did your house come from? How did you live so generously now? And..."

Wubing smiled and said, "Teacher... don't talk about these things now, come on, eat vegetables, eat vegetables..."

Seeing Wujian, Qiu Mingli was unwilling to say in detail, so she stopped asking more questions. She picked up a glass of Chen Laofeng wine that Hu Yiyi had just filled with 60 years, raised her neck and drank it all...

Hu Yiyi asked, "Mr. Qiu's leg?"

Qiu Mingli smiled and said, "Oh!... I was discounted in prison, it's not hindering, it's not hindering... Qiu's crutch is in his hand, so why should he be afraid of it! Hahaha..."

Hu Yiyi said: "Minister's daughter is well versed in medical science. Can the sir be seen by a sick leg?"

Qiu Mingli waved his hand and said, "I dare not work, I dare not work..."

With Hu Yiyi's insistence, Qiu Mingli had to stretch out her left leg and roll up her trouser legs. Hu Yiyi diagnosed Qiu Mingli's pulse for a long time and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, although your left hamstring vein is damaged, the root and bone are still good. When the girl is given a pill, let the disease-free brother deliver it to you. Mr. Qiu only needs to take it according to my method, and the girl guarantees that after three months, Mr. Qiu can walk as usual..."

Qiu Mingli thought that even the imperial physician could not cure the injury. How could you, a folk woman, be aware of medical principles? But she could only hold her fists and say: "For this reason, Qiu is very grateful!"

Xu Wubing smiled and said, "It's so good! Sister Hu, if my teacher can really walk as usual, Wubing doesn't know how to thank you..."

Hu Yiyi smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed like a crescent moon, and said, "Xiao Wubing, you just need to remember how kind your sister is to you, that's enough..."

Shu Hentian, who was beside him, glanced at him, but said disapprovingly:

"What's this? My old sister practices medicine and helps the world. She has a profound medical skills. If the leg injuries in this world are as long as she wants to treat them, there will be no legs she can't cure!... Except... except her own leg... If it weren't for my old Shu that day... cough cough..."

Hu Yiyi stared at Shu Hentian with her eyes and said fiercely: "One day, your mouse (Shu)'s leg is broken, see if I will treat you!"

Shu Hentian seemed to have a few tears of grievance in his eyes, and he muttered: "If you don't know you, you will treat him. I have cured your long white leg without any flaws, but you are still so cruel to me... I've all said that women's hearts are needles under the sea... wuwu..."

Xu Wubing saw that the two of them were both over 2,000 years old, and they were still quarreling there, not feeling a little laughed in their hearts, and they didn't even get involved at the moment, just pouring wine for Qiu Mingli...

Qiu Mingli survived this disaster and had a broad mind. This time, when he arrived at his home without illness, he listened to Shu Hentian and Hu Yiyi's words, but he felt very childlike and was even more happy. At this time, it was already dark, and Dong Laifu arranged for his servants to hang lamps in various courtyards. This made the entire Xu Mansion look even more bright, and the lights are shining, making people feel wealthy...

After three rounds of drinking, Hu Yiyi couldn't bear to drink, so she and Shu Hentian retreated...

The evening breeze blows, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, blowing the pool water ripples. In the rain pavilion, two old and young talk about the world's major events and drink the world's famous wine. I only regret that the golden cup is not full, and that time is rushed...

When Qiu Mingli was drunk, she suddenly felt moved and couldn't help but hold Wujian's hand and said:

"No disease... do you know, I am most worried about now?"
Chapter completed!